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Surrey Hills
This period cottage was built around 1880. Being over 100 years old meant that this elegant property had extensive period detailing typical of its era. The client loved the period detail but needed to extend the home to suit their growing family needs.
We recreated the same level of detail from day one of its existence, whilst blending in additional living spaces, to adapt to a more modern lifestyle and to increase the value of the home. Custom made kitchens and bathrooms complimented the seamless exterior and injected space without compromising the period elegance of the home.
Most construction elements were unique and no longer in existence so many custom materials were recreated by hand. The result is a single story master extension that looks over 100 years old.
Master Elements
- Roof Tiles
- Existing tiles matched identically with recycled old slate tiles
- Corbel
- Custom handmade recreation of existing 1800’s corbels
- Fret Work
- Custom handmade recreation of existing 1800’s fret work
- Posts
- Custom hand carved to match existing 1800’s posts
- Post Bases
- Bricked and rough cast rendered to match existing posts
- Windows
- Measured, template, hand made to match existing windows
- Doors
- (int & ext) measured, template, hand made to match existing doors
- Plaster Cornices
- Template and custom prefabricated to match exiting cornices
- Mouldings
- Measured, template, hand made to match existing mouldings
- Weatherboards
- Sampled, template, custom cut to matched existing boards
